Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Desertification

Here is the link for the animation we watched in class today. I am sure that you all agree it was very powerful and is well worth of another viewing:
http://www.unep.org/wed/2006/english/Information_Material/WED2006_animation.swf

The wikipedia page for desertification highlights the causes, consequences and potential solutions very well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification

The world community is so concerned about the threat of desertification that it has set up a United Nations group to help combat it. Follow the links below to find out more:
Causes= http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/factsheets/showFS.php?number=2
Consequences= http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/factsheets/showFS.php?number=3

Other aspects of what the UN is doing can be viewed here:
http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/factsheets/showFS.php?number=1

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